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Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 40 41 54 69 64 85 58 75 64 58
  Science and engineering 19 19 19 26 26 30 23 27 27 17
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 1 3 3 3 3 4 6 3 1 3
      Natural resources and conservation 1 3 3 3 3 4 6 3 1 3
    Biological and biomedical sciences 2 1 . . 1 2 . . 1 .
      Biochemistry and biophysics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
      Microbiology and immunology 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . . . . . 1 . . 1 .
    Computer and information sciences . . 1 1 1 . . . . .
      Computer science . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Computer and information sciences, other . . . 1 . . . . . .
    Engineering 5 4 4 5 3 6 3 . . .
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 3 1 2 . 1 2 2 . . .
      Electrical and computer engineering . 1 1 1 . 2 . . . .
      Engineering, other 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 . . .
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Geological sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Health sciences . . . . . . . . 1 .
      Health sciences, other . . . . . . . . 1 .
    Mathematics and statistics 1 . . . 2 . . . . .
      Mathematics . . . . 2 . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 1 . . . . . . . . .
    Physical sciences 3 2 1 1 7 5 3 9 9 8
      Chemistry 3 2 1 1 7 5 3 9 9 8
    Psychology 5 7 1 5 6 3 6 8 9 2
      Clinical psychology 5 7 1 3 6 3 5 8 9 2
      Counseling and applied psychology . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
      Psychology, other . . . 1 . . . . . .
    Social sciences 2 2 9 11 3 10 5 7 5 4
      Economics . . 1 1 . . . 1 . .
      Public policy analysis . 1 2 8 . 2 . 6 1 3
      Social sciences, other 2 1 6 2 3 8 5 . 4 1
  Non-science and engineering 21 22 35 43 38 55 35 48 37 41
    Business . . 1 2 3 2 2 9 4 2
      Business . . 1 2 3 2 2 9 4 2
    Education 17 19 28 34 28 45 28 34 26 35
      Education leadership and administration 6 5 17 20 27 34 26 18 20 26
      Education research 11 14 11 14 1 11 2 15 4 7
      Teacher education and teaching fields . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Education, other . . . . . . . . 2 2
    Humanities and arts . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Letters . 1 . . . . . . . .
    Other non-science and engineering 4 2 6 7 7 8 5 5 7 4
      Communication . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Public administration and social services 4 2 5 7 7 8 4 5 7 4
      Non-science and engineering, other . . 1 . . . . . . .

NOTES:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

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